Senate To pass 2017 Budget On Thursday

    The Senate received the report of the Joint Committee on Appropriation and Finance on the 2017 Appropriation Bill.

  The report was presented at plenary today by the Chairman of the Joint Committee on Appropriation, Sen. Danjuma Goje.
  In his remarks, Senate President Bukola Saraki, commended the committee for a job well done, saying that the senate would ensure the passage of the bill on Thursday.
Saraki commended the committee for laying the report with details, saying it would help speed up the passage of the bill.
  It would be recalled that the 2017 Budget proposal report was presented four days after the expiration of the 2016 fiscal year.
  President Muhammadu Buhari had presented a budget proposal of N7.30 trillion for the 2017 fiscal year before a Joint Session of the National Assembly on Dec. 14, 2016.